“I’m not gonna make it sound like I’m the perfect dad, ‘cause I am not.”
Luke Combs is sitting at the top of the country music charts. His new album ‘The Way I Am’ is a hit; he has multiple songs on Billboard's Hot 100, and in March he broke the attendance record at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, drawing a larger crowd than the 2024 Super Bowl. In other words, he’s living the dream.
But the country star is also living the reality of a worn-down dad of three young boys, just trying to get through it. His youngest son, Chet, was born in February, and his middle son, 2-year-old Beau, is navigating a classic case of new-baby jealousy. “You can’t really reason with him,” Combs says, sighing.
For all of this and more, Combs is among TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of the past year. Read the full interview with the country music star here: time.com/article/2026/04/15/luke-combs-tim...